31 July

Why did we accept the idea that 'the only thing that can end this pandemic is a vaccine'? That's absolutely not true, fast and strong public health action could have stopped it before it got started. When HIV started, if we'd said 'only a vaccine or treatment will fix this', millions more would have died. We stopped it in its tracks in Australia years before treatments became available. I'm sure people think I'm annoying, but this is a scandal of epic proportions. The Cabinet didn't even try to beat the virus. https://time.com/5820963/end-pandemic-free-vaccine-worldwide/